Anchoring device



April 23, 1935. E, BECKEg; 1,998,860

ANCHORING DEVICE Filed June 17, 1933 akrlze 0 Fig.6 I

' lnvenlvp: J- e'c/{eP Patented Apr. 23, 1935 1,998,860

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1,998,860 ANOHORING DEVICE Enno Becker, Bremen, Germany Application June 17, 1933, Serial No. 676,375 In Germany June 16, 1932 Claims. (Cl. 61-430) The invention relates to an improvement in Fig. 3 represents the line of distribution of the anchoring devices for steel sheet pilings of the bending moments according to Fig.2. type which are shiftable into the piling from Fig. 4 shows a cross-sectional detail of an em above. bodiment of the anchoring device on an enlarged 5 In order to reduce the bearing width and in scale. 5

accordance therewith the bending moment and Fig. 5 is a cross-section of a modified form of the required profilation of the sheet piling anthe sheet piles to be anchored. choring devices are arranged below the water Fig. 6 shows a further form of the anchoring level with sheet piling irons which are to be device.

used in considerable depth of water. For this Fig. 7 shows the cross-section of a sheet pile 10 purpose constructions have been proposed which similar to Fig. 5. can be shifted into the sheet piling from above Upon each of the sheet piling irons a is welded the water level, so that the expensive diving work a member b with a groove-like slot extending is avoided. lengthwise of the member, the member extend- The constructions of that type hitherto known ing above the water line d-d. A connecting 15 are, however, accompanied by serious drawbacks. member 0 with a beaded head cc is shifted into the Either they comprise large anchoring bodies groove provided by the member b. The anchoring which are moved within channels formed by the device his connected to the connecting member 0 shape of the sheet piling irons or they comprise in any suitable way, for instance by articulated anchoring heads moved within smaller grooves. joints. 20 The first mentioned construction has the disad- Said Construction has the following advanvantage that the anchoring body is massive and Gages: It is not necessary to Weaken the Files by its manufacture is expensive. Moreover such ring therethrough holes Servi for connectchannel like piling irons cannot be manufacg th n h The r v d member can be bored by rolling and in View of the possible deas y a a d fr m a si le uniform work 25 formation of the piling irons during ramming a Piece by rolling r p The ov d memfirm and tight engagement of the anchoring body ber must only be extended over the required is not secured. The second mentioned proposal length of h P and the p is en d to provide smaller grooves has been embodied by Over the length of the largest b d g strain constructions in which the projecting parts formff by the gro v d member d e nec g 3O ing the grooves consisted of two separate strips memberp ed W th known constructions secured t t piling so t t t only a double considerable advance is obtained in respect of securing is necessary, but also the danger exists, 1Jhe manner of manufacture, of economy a d Of that the prgjectjng parts forming t grooves the most suitable kind of construction which seare liable to be spread apart by slightly excessive cures safeheee from the Static P t Of V W- 35 strains. Consequently only limited strains can shown in 4, the beaded head 93 0f the be t n ferred by these constructions necting member 0 is rounded off in such a manner The invention comprises a construction in that within the groove of the member I) there is which all these disadvantages are avoided by P95511019 turning movement w the longitumanufacturing the projecting part in which the m axls of the a Thereby 1t becfmles groove is formed from a single working piece and slble angltlafly to dlspose anchors m reispect carrying through a certain extent the anchor of the axis of the wall without the necessity of ing head which must be pushed into the piling msertmg Speclal artlculatlon' In Fig, 5 the groove g is provided in the sheet u e duectlfm of the Y In piling wall member itself. In this case the apthis way 1t becomes possible to transmit such plication and connection of a s ecial connectin high strains as are to be taken up by anchors of member is unnecessary p g Sheet pfllng j I In Fig. 6 two connecting members 0 are joined The 1nvent1on W111 be more clearly lllustrated to one anchor The grooved member b is by reference to the accompanying drawing in ld d to ach group of two Z-shaped irons. 50 which In Fig. '7 the member 0 has an I-like shape. F g. 1 shows an upper view, It may be used for strengthening the piles also i 2 i a cross s n f a p g wall pro in such cases in which no anchors are to be vided with the anchoring device according to joined. the invention, The kind of sheet piling walls to which the 55 grooved member is connected, or into which the grooves are rolled, is immaterial. Moreover it is of no importance whether the joinings are positioned at the exterior or at the interior of the Wall and whether one or several piles are joined simultaneously.

What I claim to secure by Letters Patent in the United States is:

1. Anchoring device shiftable from above for sheet piling walls comprising projections at the piling forming between them a groove, the said projections being made of one piece, and an anchoring member adapted to engage and slide into the groove, the said anchoring member extending over a certain length of the groove.

2. Anchoring device shiftable from above for sheet piling walls comprising projections at the piling forming between them a groove, the said projections being integral with the piling, an anchoring member adapted to engage and slide into the said groove, the said anchoring member extending over a certain length-oi the groove, and means pivotally connected with the anchoring member to actuate said member.

3. Anchoring device shiftable from above for sheet piling walls comprising a grooved member secured to the piling, a connecting member having a beaded head portion adapted to engage and slide into the groove of the said grooved member, the said connecting member being extended over a certain length of the grooved member, and an anchor joined to the connecting member.

4. Anchoring device shiftable from above for sheet piling walls comprising projections on the piling forming a groove between them, the said projections being integral with the piling, a connecting member provided with a beaded head portion adapted to engage and slide in the said groove, the said beaded head portion being extended over a certain length of the groove and rounded ofi at its lateral faces so that the connecting member may be turned in the groove about a longitudinal axis, and an anchor pivotally connected with the said connecting member.

5. Anchoring device shiftable from above for sheetpiling walls comprising two grooved members welded to the piling, two connecting members each having a beaded head portion adapted to engage and slide in the groove of one of the grooved members, the said beaded head portions being extended over a certain length of the grooved members, and a single anchor pivotally connected with the two connecting members,

ENNO BECKER. 

